Brown will be hosting the Northeast mirror of ACF Regionals on Saturday, February 18th, 2011. The tournament will be held in Wilson Hall. Registration will begin at 8:30, and the tournament will begin at 9.

Fees and discounts:Base fee: $120/team. $120 for one team from a school, $240 for two teams from a school, etc.Buzzer systems : -$5 each. No discount for broken buzzers; no maximum.Staffers: -$10 each. No maximum.Laptop: -$5 each. Maximum 1 per team.Travel: -$10 per 200 miles traveled. -$10 for travelling over 200 miles (one way), -$20 for travelling over 400 miles, etc.International: -$20. For teams representing schools located in a different country than the tournament host.New ACF teams : -$25. For schools who did not send a team to ACF Fall, Regionals, or Nationals between September 2009 and August 2011, and have no one on the team(s) claiming this discount who played those tournaments for another school.New quizbowl teams : -$75. For schools who did not send a team to any regular collegiate academic tournament since September 2009, and have no one on the team(s) claiming this discount who played those tournaments for another school. May be combined with new ACF team discount for a total new-team discount of $100.Plus or minus any applicable packet discounts/penalties as described in the above table.Buzzer, staffer, laptop, travel, and international discounts apply to your school’s total fee, not to each individual team’s fee. The minimum total fee for a school is $0.

Yale is bringing three teams, and hopefully at least one buzzer. Something has cropped up that has made it nearly impossible for me to come and moderate, as I had originally hoped. I'll keep you posted, though, if this changes.

John LawrenceYale University '12King's College London '13University of Chicago '18 or '19

“I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.” - G.K. Chesterton

Playoffs are underway. The top bracket consists of Yale A, Harvard, MIT A, Yale B, and Columbia. Complete prelim stats are available on the Tournament DB, and playoff stats will be uploaded as they become available.

Yale A won the tournament in the first game of an advantaged final against Harvard. Stats are on the tournament DB. There are a bunch of 0-0 ties in the 12th round; a bunch of teams surprised us by leaving to catch public transportation, so I marked games in which both teams left as ties.